AF3 Describing differences AF 2 Mapping physical and human features Prior knowledge check Japan Describe the location of Japan and its capital city Where are the majority of cities located ID: 709846
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Where is Japan?
AF
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Describing location
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Describing differences
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Mapping physical and human featuresSlide2
Prior knowledge check
JapanSlide3
Describe the location of Japan and its capital city.
Where are the majority of cities located?Slide4
Label the key physical and human features of Japan.Slide5
Atlas
Describe the differences in Japan's climate and ecosystems.
Remember to include data.
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Describe Japan's relief?
What impacts might this have on Japan?
This high-oblique, northeast-looking space shuttle photograph captures a portion of Southern Honshu Island and Shikoku Island of Japan. The darker areas show volcanic, mountainous terrain that comprises more than 80 percent of Japan; the lighter, more highly reflective areas of the coastal plains and valleys are urban and agricultural areas. Separated by the
Seto
Inland Sea are Shikoku Island to the south and the Osaka-Kobe industrial
metroplex
on Honshu Island to the north. Photo courtesy of NASA.
DISCUSSSlide7
Which do you
think
is the longest river?
Why are rivers important?
The longest river of Japan is the
Shinano
,
367 km, which flows from Nagano to Niigata. The Tone has the largest watershed and serves water to more than 30 million inhabitants of Tokyo metropolitan area
DISCUSSSlide8
Knowledge
check
Japan